Christian Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 9:6
6Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?
1 Corinthians 9:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
- New International Version (NIV)Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working?
Context of 1 Corinthians 9:6
4Don’t we have the right to eat and drink? 5Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas? Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working? 7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock? 8Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 91 Corinthians 9:6 word by word
ἢ μόνος ἐγὼ καὶ Βαρναβᾶς οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 9:6
- Acts 4:36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas (which is translated Son of Encouragement),
- Acts 11:22News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
- Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- Acts 14:12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 15:36After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
- Acts 18:3and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.
- Acts 20:34You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you should imitate us: We were not idle among you;
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Or I only and Barnabas - Have we alone of all the apostles no right to be supported by our converts? It appears from this, That the apostles did not generally support themselves by their own labor. That Paul and Barnabas did thus support themselves. Some of the others probably had not a business at which they could conveniently work; but Paul and Barnabas had a trade at which they could conveniently labor wherever they came.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Or I only and Barnabas - Paul and Barnabas had worked together as tent-makers at Corinth; Acts 18:3. From this fact it had been inferred that they “knew” that they had no claim to a support. Power to forbear working - To abstain from labor, and to receive support as others do. The question implies a strong affirmation that they had such power. The sense is, Why should I and Barnabas be regarded as having no right to support? Have we been less faithful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27Continuing the argument from 8:1, Paul shares personal examples of giving up his rights to help others (see study note on 1 Corinthians 8:1–11:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Barnabas--long the associate of Paul, and, like him, in the habit of self-denyingly forbearing to claim the maintenance which is a minister's right. So Paul supported himself by tent-making (Ac 18:3; 20:34; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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